![Old West Legends That Were Real Oklahoma Outlaws](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/11/attachment-timothy-eberly-DsdWpMU998U-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Old West Legends That Were Real Oklahoma Outlaws
Every time I take a vacation away from Oklahoma, it never ceases to amaze me how little people know about this state.
I hopped in a cab in Waikiki when I was in Hawaii about a decade ago. The cabbie said "Where are you from?" I told him and the only topic of conversation he could muster was "So that Murrah bombing was pretty bad, huh?" but that's not even a dip in the ocean of weird Oklahoma-based conversations.
In Vegas, I literally had someone ask "Do (Native Americans) still raid settlements in Oklahoma?" It sounds like hyperbole, but I swear this is true. People just don't know much about this state. To be fair, it's a rather young state still and there's not much in the way of nationwide topics to be shared... but our history is far deeper than anyone believes.
For instance, Oklahoma was one of the first places to address civil rights, but also the last place in America to give up slavery. It's home to one of the oldest human settlements on the continent. We've had a gold rush. We've gone to war with Texas and taken Texan land. Oklahoma was the only US state to be bombed during WWII and played an integral role as the country's nuclear sponge during the cold war.
As interesting as all of that is, it gets better as history grows more recent. Specifically during the great time of America's wild west outlaws and their vastly unknown ties to this state.
Dig into the Old West real legends of Oklahoma Outlaws.
The Real Wild West Outlaws of Oklahoma
More From 94.3 Lite FM
![What Is The Old Farmers’ Almanac Prediction For Spring 2024?](http://townsquare.media/site/988/files/2024/01/attachment-l-11.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The True Story of Oklahoma’s Most Notorious Serial Killer](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2023/05/attachment-attachment-William_K_Hale.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![A Lawton, Oklahoma Man Once Claimed To Be The Real Jesse James](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/11/attachment-jesse-james.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Central Oklahoma Mission and Graveyard Hides Tragic, Haunted History](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/10/attachment-sacred-heart-mission.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Legend of Buried Conquistador Treasure Somewhere South of Tulsa, Oklahoma](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2021/11/attachment-RS41356_GettyImages-1007461704.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Accidental World War 2 Bombing of Boise City, Oklahoma](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2021/11/attachment-GettyImages-50918658.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This Abandoned Mansion Could be the Most Haunted Place in Oklahoma](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/08/attachment-attachment-Labadie-Mansion-OK.-630X420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Real Life Murder that Became the Dead Woman’s Crossing Haunting in Southwest Oklahoma](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/07/attachment-dead-woman-crossing-bridge.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![‘Finest Opera House in the Southwest’ near Tulsa is Spectacularly Haunted](http://townsquare.media/site/999/files/2022/07/attachment-constantine-theater.jpg?w=980&q=75)